The solitons in some geometrical field theories

Abstract

Using the methods of differential geometry it is shown that the Born-Infeld scalar field in two-dimensional space-time and the relativistic string in three dimensions are described by the same non-linear Liouville equation utt-uxx=R eu. This equation admits soliton solutions which may be stable or unstable, and there are periodical solutions among the stable ones. In the quantum case the solitons can be interpreted as massive particles either stable or unstable with respect to the stability of the corresponding classical solution. The periodical soliton generates a series of resonances which have the equidistant mass spectrum. This result appears to be well suited to the theory of the closed relativistic string. In four dimensions the relativistic string is described by the same Liouville equation, but for the complex-valued function u.